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have a couple more good debates, those all go in the romney column. that was a freudian slip. but at the end of the day, though, the question is committee make up the big difference in ohio? can he make up the big difference in wisconsin? because if he doesn't win ohio, he's got to win wisconsin. the romney people still think he can. after that debate and after barack obama's performance, which was staggeringly bad. >> all right. >> no, i mean it. >> he's right. >> okay. >> i'm hearing this from democrats. and this broke through. we always hear about how americans aren't paying attention. they're looking at reality shows. this broke through, everybody was talking about it, not just how well romney did but how badly the president performed. >> well, just as i think it was premature to declare the race over before, i think it's too soon to say that that performance, as widely watched as it was, is going to move numbers. we have yet to see any numbers move. i think they probably will some. and i think that on the other hand, did governor romney win the d
have a couple more good debates, those all go in the romney column. that was a freudian slip. but at the end of the day, though, the question is committee make up the big difference in ohio? can he make up the big difference in wisconsin? because if he doesn't win ohio, he's got to win wisconsin. the romney people still think he can. after that debate and after barack obama's performance, which was staggeringly bad. >> all right. >> no, i mean it. >> he's right. >> okay....
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i also think mitt romney will bring this up in the debate. something that was spoken yesterday in charlotte, north carolina, by our dear friend joe biden. roll it. >> the romney/ryan tax plan will raise taxes on middle-class families with a child, one or more children, by an additional $2,000 a year. how -- all kidding aside, with all the boos, look, guys, this is deadly earnest, man. this is deadly earnest! how they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that's been buried the last four years, how in lord's name can they justify? >> god bless him. >> mark mckinnon -- i love him. mike, we love him. we love him! has anybody not told him, they've been in the white house for the past four years? buried? the middle class has been buried over the past four years. >> joe, i am being deadly earnest now, man. deadly earnest. okay? on how anybody -- how anybody can attempt to bury the vice president is beyond me. >> i'm not trying to bury him. i got a good laugh out of it. mark mckinnon, you think we may hear the middle cl
i also think mitt romney will bring this up in the debate. something that was spoken yesterday in charlotte, north carolina, by our dear friend joe biden. roll it. >> the romney/ryan tax plan will raise taxes on middle-class families with a child, one or more children, by an additional $2,000 a year. how -- all kidding aside, with all the boos, look, guys, this is deadly earnest, man. this is deadly earnest! how they can justify, how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class...
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it be the truth tha mitt romney won the debate no. thank you hatred is coming from the left and there's some pressure there because obama has to and deliver. >> we talk about the numbers and approximate polls all stay every day, maybe too much. to them the president election is a narrative, it's something they talk about, occasionally, not all the time the way we do, but the narrative, the story is what drives the voters, and the narrative this week and will continue into next week is can the president recover, can we come back and be president on the stage with the contender, mitt romney. if he goes down again the way he did in last week's debate. that narrative, a lot of people are going to be thinking maybe he's just not into the job. >> we should also say people one week ago today were saying debates don't matter, that argument has been put to rest. so we can now say that the detectiv second debate really matters too. >> there's so much historical data saying that sometimes debates don't matter and in many cases they don't. even w
it be the truth tha mitt romney won the debate no. thank you hatred is coming from the left and there's some pressure there because obama has to and deliver. >> we talk about the numbers and approximate polls all stay every day, maybe too much. to them the president election is a narrative, it's something they talk about, occasionally, not all the time the way we do, but the narrative, the story is what drives the voters, and the narrative this week and will continue into next week is can...
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governor romney dominated the debates, almost all the debates. people said, well, they weren't one-on-one. mostly they were. in the debates that mattered. he was one-on-one with rick perry and one-on-one with santorum. and the moderators treated it that way. he is underrated. his performance skills is underrated hen he has time to prepare. we'll see what happens in the next few weeks. the president will be under pressure. >> what now? what does the romney campaign do with this? >> i have a list of sort of what now questions up on the page. let's see how big the crowds are. let's see if the press has a bit of a a love affair with him. let's see if he can take the skills and the level of performance he had and translate it to interview and add on the stump. let's see if democrats start to panic. and let's see if chicago decides in the next 24 or 48 hours to say we need to turn the page with something new. another video or some other thing. but personal and performance matters. if governor romney can sustain his performance the president faces a lot
governor romney dominated the debates, almost all the debates. people said, well, they weren't one-on-one. mostly they were. in the debates that mattered. he was one-on-one with rick perry and one-on-one with santorum. and the moderators treated it that way. he is underrated. his performance skills is underrated hen he has time to prepare. we'll see what happens in the next few weeks. the president will be under pressure. >> what now? what does the romney campaign do with this? >> i...
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which mitt romney is the one that shows up to the next debate? which is the one that shows up the day after the election? and that's where the president has to take this conversation. is it the mitt romney on foreign policy who said when iran captured that drone it was a reason to go to war? or is it the much more moderated guy who said let's just carry on doing what we're doing. iran could hardly have any type of sanctions. the economy is in freefall right now. what can you get your arms around with this candidate? makes him a very difficult debate opponent. but in that moment, in that debate when he's pivoting and flip-flopping and all over the place, you've got to confront him, otherwise you are not stepping up -- >> the problem is, let's just say with barack obama isn't the problem he's not a great debater and he's not nimble on his feet. because you are a lot of other people could stand across the stage from mitt romney and say that. >> it's easy to do it from the sides. sidelines. >> the president is not a good debater. >> there was a momen
which mitt romney is the one that shows up to the next debate? which is the one that shows up the day after the election? and that's where the president has to take this conversation. is it the mitt romney on foreign policy who said when iran captured that drone it was a reason to go to war? or is it the much more moderated guy who said let's just carry on doing what we're doing. iran could hardly have any type of sanctions. the economy is in freefall right now. what can you get your arms...
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but i think santorum's long dissection of romney care and drawing romney into that debate where romney had to explain went back three or four times how it was different than president obama's affordable care act. >> right. >> and it didn't sound different from president obama -- i think that's an argument that the white house liked hearing and something you'll hear again. if romney makes it through the general election. but i think one way he might have helped romney was with a bite we played there where santorum said can we drop all this nonsense? can we drop the nonsense? he was rich, he was successful. i think to republican voters, that's going to ring with them. >> but the headline of this, mike, if we're going to grade these the way that harvard's mark haleprin grades it with a great inflation, you always give the students at the front of the class from the richest families -- >> right. >> the ones you know are going to win in life anyway, you always give them the highest grade, that's how haleprin does it. so the practical effect of this is that romney won the night. because chan
but i think santorum's long dissection of romney care and drawing romney into that debate where romney had to explain went back three or four times how it was different than president obama's affordable care act. >> right. >> and it didn't sound different from president obama -- i think that's an argument that the white house liked hearing and something you'll hear again. if romney makes it through the general election. but i think one way he might have helped romney was with a bite...
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in is how you have to debate mitt romney. we just weren't going to make the same mistake we did in the first debate, is what team obama said. john mccain said it in the segment before, when you hear the phrase, well, he did what he had to do, that is code for, he didn't win the debate. but we don't think we got blown out, right? that that is what they're trying to say. look, i think it's actually risky when you play that risk -- it's risky to be risk-averse. especially when you're on a subject matter that isn't your strong suit and last night it came across at times it wasn't your strong suit. >> no doubt. he seemed to be on the defensive. he seemed to be uncomfortable, david gregory. they switched over to dough necessa -- domestic policy and mitt romney became the domestic policy of denver. why would some say mitt romney is up in the national polls, up in ohio. why de feel the need to attack mitt romney on every single question? was that personal or was that political? >> i think it's political to this extent, joe. i think h
in is how you have to debate mitt romney. we just weren't going to make the same mistake we did in the first debate, is what team obama said. john mccain said it in the segment before, when you hear the phrase, well, he did what he had to do, that is code for, he didn't win the debate. but we don't think we got blown out, right? that that is what they're trying to say. look, i think it's actually risky when you play that risk -- it's risky to be risk-averse. especially when you're on a subject...
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because the first debate, obviously, a huge win for mitt romney. i think that still resonates with voters. i saw the second debate, and maybe republicans don't like me saying this. i thought mitt romney had it wrong, tonally as wrong as you could have it the first 20, 30 minutes. i thought he messed up the benghazi question, i'm not alone, krauthammer, laura inc. h ingram, others thought the same thing. the further i get away from it, i saw the focus groups on msnbc, it's almost like voters -- they weren't turned off by romney, and i'm wondering whether they're so hungry for a strong leader that they even liked him being intemperate by debate standards. >> i think it's pretty simple. this doesn't mean romney's going to win, but we said four months, as did the president's advisers, they can't win on the president's record. they must destroy and eliminate as a viable alternative the other guy. romney in the two debates, even in the second one, looked presentable, acceptable enough that he's in a position to win simply by being acceptable. >> john, do
because the first debate, obviously, a huge win for mitt romney. i think that still resonates with voters. i saw the second debate, and maybe republicans don't like me saying this. i thought mitt romney had it wrong, tonally as wrong as you could have it the first 20, 30 minutes. i thought he messed up the benghazi question, i'm not alone, krauthammer, laura inc. h ingram, others thought the same thing. the further i get away from it, i saw the focus groups on msnbc, it's almost like voters --...
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this town hall debate. you know, for romney, this is the debate where he could win this election. he could blow up the stereotype that he, you know, can't interact with people, doesn't, you know, have that sort of bill clinton gene in him where he knows exactly the right time to put an arm around somebody, exactly the right time to connect with somebody. and that's why it is -- you know, it's more than just the president having to win this debate to stop the bleeding, to change things. but this is the moment -- the first debate was romney getting into the playoffs. this is the debate where he could almost close it out if it's such a good performance because of the format, right? and because it would help him in this big -- in this one area where he's got the biggest deficit, connecting with the average american. >> if you're the incumbent president and you're in this type of format and you're george h.w. bush and you look down at your watch, it's even worse with all of these americans around you watching. it makes you seem more disconnected. it seems to me the president has a very
this town hall debate. you know, for romney, this is the debate where he could win this election. he could blow up the stereotype that he, you know, can't interact with people, doesn't, you know, have that sort of bill clinton gene in him where he knows exactly the right time to put an arm around somebody, exactly the right time to connect with somebody. and that's why it is -- you know, it's more than just the president having to win this debate to stop the bleeding, to change things. but this...
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those numbers are raising the stakes for the romney campaign ahead of wednesday's debate in denver. and right now expectations seem to be with the president. 55% of likely voters expect him to win the debate, according to polling from a the washington post and abc news. >> a poll that means absolutely nothing. >> it's good for romney. >> because he's got lower expectations. >> underdog. >> i guess so. >> and people could be surprised simply by seeing them side by side. i mean, the symbolism, the symbiotics i don't think can be overstated. seeing them side by side, if romney does well, i think he'll get a bump no matter what the sort of intricacies are. just side by side with the president in terms of stature and in terms of people thinking he can win, on equal footing. >> willie, he does well during the debates. we saw this during the republican primary. he faced a challenge from newt gingrich, he won. he faced a challenge from rick perry. people would say hey, this is a do-or-die debate. mitt romney must prove he can deliver the knockout blow, and he did do it in the debates time a
those numbers are raising the stakes for the romney campaign ahead of wednesday's debate in denver. and right now expectations seem to be with the president. 55% of likely voters expect him to win the debate, according to polling from a the washington post and abc news. >> a poll that means absolutely nothing. >> it's good for romney. >> because he's got lower expectations. >> underdog. >> i guess so. >> and people could be surprised simply by seeing them...
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romney hood. >> big bird. >> thank goodness someone is finally getting tough on big bird. >> reporter: it was an epic battle of the world views. president obama launched 1,000 republican campaign posters when he said that -- >> you didn't build that. >> reporter: true to his word when he said that obama didn't create jobs. when a closed-door chat went public. >> there are 47%. >> reporter: and while all this was going on, joe biden was just generally enjoying himself. >> i always say what i mean. >> reporter: in the end, neither a dominant first debate -- >> i have no idea what you're talking about. >> reporter: nor a virtuoso convention performance by clint eastwood -- >> what do you want me to tell romney? he can't do that to himself. >> reporter: nor this -- >> you know what i'm saying! >> reporter: could carry him. so close to the oval office, romney now mostly hangs out at disney world. leaving the national stage along with romney in varying degrees of disgrace were general david petraeus, undone by an affair with his own biographer. lance armstrong, stripped of everything includ
romney hood. >> big bird. >> thank goodness someone is finally getting tough on big bird. >> reporter: it was an epic battle of the world views. president obama launched 1,000 republican campaign posters when he said that -- >> you didn't build that. >> reporter: true to his word when he said that obama didn't create jobs. when a closed-door chat went public. >> there are 47%. >> reporter: and while all this was going on, joe biden was just generally...
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you knew mitt romney had to have a good debate. what were you guys thinking as you saw this thing unwind and saw that the president not only didn't bring his "a" game, he just didn't show up, and mitt was on top of his game. what were you thinking? >> as we were watching it, we were thinking we were at the right place at the right time. you think of all the debate preparation. there's a lot of work and staff's very involved. at the end of the day, it's his ball. mitt romney gets on that stage. he's throwing the ball. and the only thing he can control is him, what he does, what he says, what comes out of his mouth. >> doesn't matter how much you prep him, it's up to him. >> and it doesn't matter what the moderator does. it doesn't matter what the president does. the one thing that's in his control is the case he makes. and it's the first time that there was -- you know, you think about the way people portrayed mitt romney over the past few months as though he's some sort of monster. and suddenly we got to see the guy that we know. t
you knew mitt romney had to have a good debate. what were you guys thinking as you saw this thing unwind and saw that the president not only didn't bring his "a" game, he just didn't show up, and mitt was on top of his game. what were you thinking? >> as we were watching it, we were thinking we were at the right place at the right time. you think of all the debate preparation. there's a lot of work and staff's very involved. at the end of the day, it's his ball. mitt romney gets...
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>> you saw this in the debate the other night, romney and obama. these guys were clearly cool under pressure. they've learned -- you never get rid of your fear, you learn to pretend. the guy who did tesla and paypal, the spacex rocket used to be afraid of the dark and then he realized it is just an absence of photons. why should i be afraid of an absence of photons and now he's a millionaire. >> what are afraid of, donny? >> that's a good question. that's an interesting. what i'm afraid of -- >> you. >> i'm not -- i don't think i'm driven by fear. fear of failure. i don't know if that's a straight-on answer but not succeeding is something -- fear is what drives me. >> that is a very male thing to be afraid of. that's what i always tell people, it's the fear of failure. i wish i had more confidence. i look at these guys -- i had one guy say you know what i do with these deals if 50% of them work, i'm happy. >> you have to learn to have the conversation with yourself. what am i really afraid of here? >> you have to embrace failure and understand that
>> you saw this in the debate the other night, romney and obama. these guys were clearly cool under pressure. they've learned -- you never get rid of your fear, you learn to pretend. the guy who did tesla and paypal, the spacex rocket used to be afraid of the dark and then he realized it is just an absence of photons. why should i be afraid of an absence of photons and now he's a millionaire. >> what are afraid of, donny? >> that's a good question. that's an interesting. what...
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since you've debated mitt romney what advice would you give to barack obama? >> call bill clinton every morning. >> mr. speaker, if president obama is re-elected, as a historian and student and long-time strategist in the party is this more of a disaster for, and explain more by mitt romney being a bad candidate or will it say something about the weakness of the republican party? >> since we're going to keep the house seats and the senate and may end up with more governorships than 1921 i don't think it says much about the republican party. we have more legislative seats since 1925. we have more candidates of diversity. you look at susana martinez, nicki haley, a much bigger, broader party than the washington consultants understand. >> includes marco rubio. these aren't people on the margins. >> this is about a specific campaign with a specific set of problems, not about the broader republican party. if barack obama does win he faces an enormous decision the first three or four weeks after that election. is he going to govern like bill clinton or keep governin
since you've debated mitt romney what advice would you give to barack obama? >> call bill clinton every morning. >> mr. speaker, if president obama is re-elected, as a historian and student and long-time strategist in the party is this more of a disaster for, and explain more by mitt romney being a bad candidate or will it say something about the weakness of the republican party? >> since we're going to keep the house seats and the senate and may end up with more governorships...
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. >>> that debate, what happened? >> well, governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. governor romney went to a lot of trouble to try to hide what his positions are because he knows that those ideas have been rejected. they won't work. and if he's making an honest presentation about what he's proposed, he will lose because the american people are not going to go back there. >> good morning. it's thursday, october 11th. welcome to "morning joe." with us on set, we have former mccain senior campaign strategist and msnbc political analyst steve schmidt. up bright and early this morning. looking good. >> you look beautiful. >> we also have former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst, i still like financier better. >> i'm going to say financier. >> steve ratner. >> wait a minute. am i not beautiful? >> you're gorgeous. >> like a rainbow, as cyndi lauper would say. >> what did w
. >>> that debate, what happened? >> well, governor romney had a good night. i had a bad night. >> how bad? >> well, it's not the first time i've had a bad night, but i think what's important is that the fundamentals of what this race is about haven't changed. governor romney went to a lot of trouble to try to hide what his positions are because he knows that those ideas have been rejected. they won't work. and if he's making an honest presentation about what he's...
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mitt romney had a tremendous amount of momentum coming out of the first debate. he was like secretariat charging up on the rest of the field and was about to blow past and had the dynamic remained the name, i think mitt romney would have won the election going away. the second debate stopped that momentum, and i think we have them now in a place where they're neck and neck. they're neck and neck in florida, in north carolina, in virginia, now in wisconsin according to a new poll. and so it's going to be a tight race all the way to the end, and i really do predict, by the end the night, we're going to be looking at one state and one state only. it's going to be in the words of tim russert, ohio, ohio, ohio. >> yeah, some people think we'll be counting ballots late into the night in ohio. mika, i want to bring you in on this. the term "binders full of women." it has taken on a life of its own. the democrats love it. they think it really shows mitt romney at his most awkward. but if the fight is for independent, undecided women voters, do you think this is an issue
mitt romney had a tremendous amount of momentum coming out of the first debate. he was like secretariat charging up on the rest of the field and was about to blow past and had the dynamic remained the name, i think mitt romney would have won the election going away. the second debate stopped that momentum, and i think we have them now in a place where they're neck and neck. they're neck and neck in florida, in north carolina, in virginia, now in wisconsin according to a new poll. and so it's...
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but again, have that debate. engage in that debate. mitt romney just hasn't seemed to be able to stay with it. in fact, joe, he hasn't seemed to be able to stay with any message consistently. and i think that's what's killg him rig now andhy 'sakouo swing voters. >> well, you know, a couple of weeks ago i wrote that it's hard to debate effectively when you're biting your tongue and swallowing your pride. and that's what's been going on. with romney. it reay -- you know, this a guy who has hado editimse very turn. and because of that, you know, he keeps on coming up with the most incredible bloopers, bloopers and gaffes that would have appalled his father. >> joe kno this as well as probly everybody at this table does. ezyngbohe individual mandate is that it is a conservative idea. it was an idea created at the heritage foundation as an alternative, as joe said, to hillary care back in the early 1990s. well, it would have been a really gutsy me on romney pa i wd- about the beginning of the primaries was to stand up and say, listen, ther
but again, have that debate. engage in that debate. mitt romney just hasn't seemed to be able to stay with it. in fact, joe, he hasn't seemed to be able to stay with any message consistently. and i think that's what's killg him rig now andhy 'sakouo swing voters. >> well, you know, a couple of weeks ago i wrote that it's hard to debate effectively when you're biting your tongue and swallowing your pride. and that's what's been going on. with romney. it reay -- you know, this a guy who has...
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personally i cannot wait for this weekend's debates in new hampshire because when mitt romney least expects it, newt gingrich is going to turn to him and say -- >> hello. my name is newt gingrich. you killed my campaign. prepare to die. >> oh, yes. is it time? >> it is time, pre-recorded mika brzezinski. time for news you can't use. we don't talk a lot about the show celebrity wife swap here at "morning joe." i'm told it's a show about swapping lives. >> great. >> it premiered this week with a mix of gary busey and infamous disgraced pastor ted haggard swapping wives. >> prepare for the best, prepare for the worst, and expect the unexpected. >> you know what's good about farting in the sink? >> cut -- >> and the white balls moving like this, those are angels. time for me to get bored. i'll find something i can do to keep me interested in something. >> i'm excited about your book. >> yeah. >> i want to read it. >> what do you do? do you go to church? >> i am a church. >> did i ask you what athletic sports you would play? >> you did. >> i remember that answer too. >> one of my recent lifetime
personally i cannot wait for this weekend's debates in new hampshire because when mitt romney least expects it, newt gingrich is going to turn to him and say -- >> hello. my name is newt gingrich. you killed my campaign. prepare to die. >> oh, yes. is it time? >> it is time, pre-recorded mika brzezinski. time for news you can't use. we don't talk a lot about the show celebrity wife swap here at "morning joe." i'm told it's a show about swapping lives. >> great....
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the ryan budget, we're going to be debating mitt romney and president obama. >> andrea mitchell, your take? >> i think it is the most exciting choice he could have made. i didn't think he was ever going to go chris christie. it is first of all i remember a very smart guy saying that back in 1995 when he was a member of congress this was our conversation less than a week ago, that there was one staff guy in the room and it was paul ryan. because he knew everything. they would turn to ryan, joe you said, and he would know where to go, how to move, at a time that was revolutionary on the house republican side. so he is that smart. he has a more compassionate face. he reminds a lot of us of jack kemp, be worked with jack kemp, bill bennett. has that intellectual left. an extraordinary family and i've been doing reporting over the weekend on his biography, more so than i had even known, even though i know him, on jana ryan, an oklahoma democrat, cousins of the borins, oklahoma blue dog democrats, like republicans, fiscal conservatives and this is the choice she made. a lawyer from gw, work
the ryan budget, we're going to be debating mitt romney and president obama. >> andrea mitchell, your take? >> i think it is the most exciting choice he could have made. i didn't think he was ever going to go chris christie. it is first of all i remember a very smart guy saying that back in 1995 when he was a member of congress this was our conversation less than a week ago, that there was one staff guy in the room and it was paul ryan. because he knew everything. they would turn to...
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and then obama could just sit back and watch mitt romney debate himself. >> i think simpson bowles would be good for the country. but when it went up for the vote, it was defeated 382-38. i think that's part of president obama's argument. i walk out there, and it will get shut down. >> but if it the president is not behind it, that's going to happen. if the president goes and leads, we're talking about leadership of the president. >> governor rendell, jump in. >> willie, that point is -- the point that joe made, the president not being behind it, is so right. the legislature would never vote for something that they knew i wasn't supporting, because they didn't want to risk the vote, take a courageous stand, if they knew that i would be against it and they would be left hanging with the courageous stand. if the president said he was for simpson bowles, i believe you'd get enough democrats and republicans to pass it. >> so you think that democrats would suddenly vote for big cuts to medicare and medicate, and the republicans for big tax increases? >> not all of them, but enough to pass it,
and then obama could just sit back and watch mitt romney debate himself. >> i think simpson bowles would be good for the country. but when it went up for the vote, it was defeated 382-38. i think that's part of president obama's argument. i walk out there, and it will get shut down. >> but if it the president is not behind it, that's going to happen. if the president goes and leads, we're talking about leadership of the president. >> governor rendell, jump in. >> willie,...
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romney. but this morning, i'm starting to say, what can be in those tax returns that are so damning that he is willing to set his campaign on fire? i guess this race is getting closer by the moment, newt gingrich, in some polls, actually moviing ahead. >> i think the extent gingrich was the momentum candidate before the debate, i think he only accelerated and romney really exacerbated some of the problems he had. santorum valiantly tried to get this back to a three-person dynamic. he didn't do it. and in a two-person race with perry out, the palins stepping up their advocacy on behalf of gingrich. right now if i had to pick, i would say gingrich will win this primary. >> it's 6:15 in the morning. 24 hours ago when we sat here, here's this updated poll with gingrich up six points. rick perry was in the race 24 hours ago, mitt romney had won iowa 24 hours, the term open marriage had not been used in the discussion of this campaign 24 hours ago. mitt romney was on top of the national polls 24 ho
romney. but this morning, i'm starting to say, what can be in those tax returns that are so damning that he is willing to set his campaign on fire? i guess this race is getting closer by the moment, newt gingrich, in some polls, actually moviing ahead. >> i think the extent gingrich was the momentum candidate before the debate, i think he only accelerated and romney really exacerbated some of the problems he had. santorum valiantly tried to get this back to a three-person dynamic. he...
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debate discussion on fema. i'm going to guess you were probably against what mitt said. >> yeah, i thought it was a stupid thing to say, joe. frankly, i suspect if you were to bring governor romney on the program right now and ask him about what he said. all of the responsibilities to the states, i think he'd say, well, of course i didn't mean that and that's what he always says when confronted with something dumb he said in the past. but there is a larger point about the sort of shell game in my opinion the romney/ryan budget plays, which is just to say take the federal government's unfunded liabilities and send them down to the states and go like that and say good luck and that's not a solution. and because people are going to expect the same services. it has to be a much more comprehensive solution to our budget woes. and i wish governor romney, frankly, i wish the campaign had dealt with that. but we are where we are. >> mike, what are the chances? >> yes, mike barnicle. >> when mitt romney's asked about fe
debate discussion on fema. i'm going to guess you were probably against what mitt said. >> yeah, i thought it was a stupid thing to say, joe. frankly, i suspect if you were to bring governor romney on the program right now and ask him about what he said. all of the responsibilities to the states, i think he'd say, well, of course i didn't mean that and that's what he always says when confronted with something dumb he said in the past. but there is a larger point about the sort of shell...
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people power will beat money power, and i need your help to beat romney. >> the speaker at the debate was talking about how he created millions of jobs when he was working with the reagan administration. well, he'd be in congress two years when ronald reagan came to office. that's like saying we're all responsible for those jobs. government doesn't create jobs, it's the private sector that creates jobs. congressmen taking credit for helping create jobs is like al gore taking credit for the internet. >> welcome everybody. it is the top of the hour. >> all right. >> good morning, everyone. >> we're in south carolina, baby. >> it's the mills house in charleston, south carolina. thursday. welcome to "morning joe." what a crowd we have here. >> you know, this is an amazing crowd, mika. and as i look around and see all of these "morning joe" and "way too early" fans here, you know what goes through my mind? >> what? >> willie and i were talking about it outside. >> yeah? >> these people don't have a life. >> do you sleep? are you -- >> what's wrong with you people? >> it's very early in the
people power will beat money power, and i need your help to beat romney. >> the speaker at the debate was talking about how he created millions of jobs when he was working with the reagan administration. well, he'd be in congress two years when ronald reagan came to office. that's like saying we're all responsible for those jobs. government doesn't create jobs, it's the private sector that creates jobs. congressmen taking credit for helping create jobs is like al gore taking credit for...
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you know, the october 3rd debate when romney was able to change the narrative was critical. but there are a few more undecideds than we thought. and you said it, there are still people who could change their minds. >> do you think it's a 50/50 race? >> i do. i think it boils down to who gets their voters out. and i think the storm may impact my party a little more adversely than it impacts the other side here because there's such a dependency right here at the end on early voting. >> all right. mike allen, we'll talk to you soon. eight days to go. >> have a great week. >> stay with us. >>> when we come back, we'll pause for a quick look at sports. the san francisco giants have completed the sweep. extra innings last night in detroit. highlights and the day in the nfl just ahead in sports. [ female announcer ] imagine skin so healthy, it never gets dry again. can your moisturizer do that? [ female announcer ] dermatologist recommended aveeno has an oat formula, now proven to build a moisture reserve, so skin can replenish itself. that's healthy skin for life. only from aveeno
you know, the october 3rd debate when romney was able to change the narrative was critical. but there are a few more undecideds than we thought. and you said it, there are still people who could change their minds. >> do you think it's a 50/50 race? >> i do. i think it boils down to who gets their voters out. and i think the storm may impact my party a little more adversely than it impacts the other side here because there's such a dependency right here at the end on early voting....
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it played into romney's hand. it was a romney-style debate. there was little emotion to it it was sterile almost in its presentation. newt played to that as well. he just, as chuck said, he kept it down-key and he didn't get excited. because he didn't want to be drawn into that debate. but it got to a point after 30 minutes where enough was enough. and they had to move on. because it just was not opening any new ground. it was a rehash of old stories about bain and freddie mac and fannie mae. and you could feel it almost palpable in the audience, the frustration with the way things were going. >> john heilemann? >> i'll ask both of you guys in sequence, chuck first and michael. on the question of romney's taxes. the third straight debate where he's had the question. he's had a lot of time to prep, he didn't do well last night. do you think he did better last night? and how do you think the story is going to play out today? >> no, not when you see what was coming. here he had an opportunity to sort of set the stage for what was coming. and i th
it played into romney's hand. it was a romney-style debate. there was little emotion to it it was sterile almost in its presentation. newt played to that as well. he just, as chuck said, he kept it down-key and he didn't get excited. because he didn't want to be drawn into that debate. but it got to a point after 30 minutes where enough was enough. and they had to move on. because it just was not opening any new ground. it was a rehash of old stories about bain and freddie mac and fannie mae....
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what's left for the romney campaign is the debates and i love the structure of it. i think it's the first debate. six issues, 15 minutes each on an issue. >> wow. >> you've got to come up with some details there. >> all right. governor rendell, stay with us. up next the speech from former michigan governor jennifer granholm that's still bouncing off the convention walls. >> when america needed it most, who got us rolling again on the road to recovery? we'll be right back. my name is adam frucci and i'm the editor of splitsider.com. i love new technology, so when i heard that american express and twitter were teaming up, i was pretty interested. turns out you just sync your american express card securely to your twitter account, tweet specific hashtags, and you'll get offers on things you love. this totally changes the way i think about membership. saving money on the things you want. to me, that's the membership effect. nice boots! >>> now, sure, sure, mitt romney loves our lakes and our trees. he loves our cars so much they even have their own elevator. in romney's
what's left for the romney campaign is the debates and i love the structure of it. i think it's the first debate. six issues, 15 minutes each on an issue. >> wow. >> you've got to come up with some details there. >> all right. governor rendell, stay with us. up next the speech from former michigan governor jennifer granholm that's still bouncing off the convention walls. >> when america needed it most, who got us rolling again on the road to recovery? we'll be right...
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we discovered that mitt romney had done five practice debates in two days. shows you what kind of weight they're putting on them. >> you know, it's something, mike, you talked about how they're very clear-eyed about this. you talk to the romney people behind the scenes. there is still -- you can still find -- well, actually, i found one person yesterday that said he's going to win. he's going to win. but most of them are very clear-eyed. they know they've got a terrible uphill battle. this has been a terribly depressing week. they haven't felt good since the convention. and i guess the question is, is there any belief -- is there any belief in that campaign that they can turn this thing around? is there any belief that by putting more -- you say more mitt, that that's somehow going to do it, or is this just them saying we have no other option but trying this last gasp? >> joe, they're not going to tell you this, but what's clear is that they're now dependent on a clinton implosion. it's totally out of their hands. and one number from this morning that really
we discovered that mitt romney had done five practice debates in two days. shows you what kind of weight they're putting on them. >> you know, it's something, mike, you talked about how they're very clear-eyed about this. you talk to the romney people behind the scenes. there is still -- you can still find -- well, actually, i found one person yesterday that said he's going to win. he's going to win. but most of them are very clear-eyed. they know they've got a terrible uphill battle....